The secret to Chabad’s success is something that many have tried to answer. Spoiler: it’s good advertising. Now, modesty is a key trait of every good Jew, but when it comes to doing Mitzvos, it’s your responsibility to share.
This Sunday marked a historic celebration in Cunningham Park as more than 8,000 people gathered for a grand Lag BaOmer event, honoring the Hillula of Rabbi Shimon Ben Yochai. This extraordinary gathering was a vivid display of unity, joy, and Jewish pride.
When the weather forecasters predicted 100% chance of storms for the time of the rally and parade, a letter to the Rebbe was written and miraculously the rain stopped right before the time of the rally. After the Tzivos Hashem rally in front of “770-Cincinnati”, the entire community marched with pride – and police escort – to the local day-school where an amazing carnival, with inflatables and refreshments, that was set up for the entire Jewish community.
At age 17, Ray J. enlisted in the U.S. Army, lying about his age to get in. After basic training, he was shipped off to Europe. Accompanying him was a mezuzah his mom had given him.
The Messiah on Eastern Parkway. Watch this video as a gentile tells why he put a picture of the Rebbe on the back of his car.
Rebbetzin Sterna Lubecki was up and already cooking for Shabbat when she looked out her kitchen window at around 6 a.m to see smoke emerging from the Synagogue of Rouen. She and her husband, Rabbi Shmuel (Chmouel) Lubecki, direct Chabad-Lubavitch of Rouen—the regional capital of Normandy—and live next door to the synagogue, where her husband serves as rabbi.
The home located on the corner of President Street and Brooklyn Ave in Crown Heights is one of a kind. It’s also for sale for $6,000,000.
Mendy Tolidano (Kiryat Gat, EY) to Shira Ladayev (Monsey, NY)
Blowing past its initial fundraising goal and almost completing its bonus round, Hatzalah of Crown Heights has one thing to say: Thank you!
Mendy Krinsky (Morristown, NJ) to Miriam Mishael (Los Angeles, CA)
For the graduating architecture student at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, since Pratt eliminated the kosher options in the cafeteria, “there isn’t really anything to eat on campus for many Jewish students.” So students were thrilled to learn that Chabad of Pratt would be creating a student lounge and study hall.
As the month of Iyar, known for “Ani Hashem Rofecha,” unfolds, Bikur Cholim of Crown Heights announces its Annual Women’s Breakfast. This signature event, slated to take place this Sunday, June 2nd, the 25th of Iyar, promises an inspiring gathering, embracing this year’s theme of “Better Together“.
The ring was found in the joint Israel Antiquities Authority – Tel Aviv University | אוניברסיטת תל-אביב excavation. Its small diameter leads experts to suggest it is a child’s ring, either a girl or a boy, who lived in Jerusalem during the Hellenistic period.
Thousands of Jews participated in a Grand Lag B’Omer Parade in Paris arranged under Chabad Lubavitch of Paris.
When Rabbi Shlomo Jakobovits was a student at Yeshiva University, he asked the Rebbe a series of questions in an audience which lasted over two hours.
The Brownsville Anash community celebrated Lag B’Omer with a joyous parade through its streets, brimming with Jewish pride and led by a marching band.
How do they do it? How do they get there so fast in the dead of the night? Are they sitting awake and dressed, waiting at the other end of the phone for the call? As a matter of fact, the answer is, “Yes!”
